Author: Portland DSA
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Drop the Charges Against Misael | No Political Arrests
Portland DSA resolutely denounces the political coercion by Texas State police of DSA member and Austin City Council candidate Misael Ramos, who was wrongfully arrested the morning of September 26. Ramos had recently attended a protest decrying ICE brutality, particularly the violence against Venezuelan immigrant Wilber Rafael Garces Perez who still remains critically injured after… read more
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Portland Metro Chamber (of Secrets)
Photo: Governor Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson toasting champagne with Portland Metro Chamber president and CEO Andrew Hoan. Like all American cities, Portland has a local ruling class. The exact contours of this class evolve over time, but one institution has served as a pillar of the ruling class’s political aims for decades: the… read more
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Providence Health Plan Collapse Highlights Oregon’s Fight for Single-Payer in 2027
The collapse of the Providence Health Plan and silence from Oregon’s Democratic Party leadership points the way for socialists to secure single-payer healthcare in 2027. read more
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Portland City Councilors: Pass Police/ICE Mask Ban
Newspapers publish letters from Portland DSA members all the time. Occasionally, the takes are too hot for corporate news media. We are publishing those letters here. Portland City Councilors: Pass Police/ICE Mask Ban At a time when our community’s trust in federal law enforcement has reached its nadir, it is crucial that the City take steps to restore our faith… read more
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The Data Centrists
Update: Ky Fireside — the Eugene-DSA endorsed candidate for HD-7 (Springfield) — launched a public petition calling on Oregon governor Tina Kotek and the Legislature to immediately impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers. One month out from Oregon’s May Primary Election, grassroots resistance to the data center takeover in Washington County threatens to… read more
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PSU Never Disarmed
By Diego Pajuelo While PSU made headlines in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement when they claimed campus police were disarmed, this was never true. It is less true now that even partial concessions have been rolled back. Since 2023 the police have been fully re-armed. In the midst of all this, the… read more
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Brian Owendoff’s One Big Club (You Ain’t In It)
Brian Owendoff sent racist text messages about Portland City Councilors to a group chat of local pro-corporate political agitators. Our research reveals he’s just one node in a network of powerful people trying to cut taxes for the rich, balloon the police budget, and make it harder for Portlanders to survive. Brian Owendoff, the commercial… read more